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Indian officials have enlisted the help of black-faced langur monkeys to provide security for the venues hosting the Commonwealth Games. Their purpose is to scare away smaller monkeys that have been harassing fans near arenas, the BBC reports. The aggressive langurs are kept on leashes by handlers but released when the other monkeys appear.

Monkeys are a serious nuisance in India, where they are a common sight on mass transportation and sports arenas. They've even showed up at parliament, the prime minister's office, and the defense ministry. Because they're considered sacred, authorities don't kill them.

'India Drafts Monkeys for Stadium Security' Not bothering to read the post but sure does make me feel safe now, knowing i'm protected from the AK47 totting, grenade throwing jihadis by these specially trained super commando monkeys. But where were they when we needed them on 9/11???

Kookey90

Sep 29, 2010 7:00 PM CDT

Why not, they've already trained monkies in assembling computer chips and to travel in spacecraft. I just pity those poor Indians laborers whose jobs these monkies have taken away; I hear say that these monkies work for peanuts.